Universe Infinite Canteen.

Chapter 395 Two swords combined
Malu nodded, then shook his head. "My work has come to an end for now, but I have other things to do. I can only stay in this city for half a day. I have to go out again after half a day."

"Ah?" Gu Qingyi was a little disappointed, but soon calmed down. "It's okay. I'm glad you can come on time. I hope you won't blame me for not being able to meet you outside the city."

"What happened?" Malu asked.

Gu Qingyi bit her lower lip, "Well... let me make it clear first, if I tell you, you are not allowed to laugh at me."

"Don't worry, Brother Gu, we are friends who have risked our lives for each other. How could I laugh at you?" Malu said seriously.

"Well, I'm not actually a man, and I ran away from home."

Gu Qingyi seemed to have made a great decision and confessed it frankly, but after she finished speaking she found that Malu's expression did not change much.

"Hey, aren't you surprised?"

"This... To be honest, I have already guessed some of it before."

"Ah?" Gu Qingyi was startled. "Is my disguise so bad? No, that's not right. You and I are both good at investigating cases, and you observe more carefully than others. No wonder you can see through my disguise so quickly."

After coming to this conclusion, Gu Qingyi seemed relieved, and continued, "I also stole the divine arrest warrant. It originally belonged to an elder of mine, but my family has some connection with the Iron Cloth Sect, so... they probably won't pursue the matter.

“But if the other detectives from the Ironclad Sect find me here, they will take me back home.

"And Yuchang County now has two detectives from the Iron Clothes Sect. That's why I didn't leave the city to meet you today. We have to be more careful in our actions from now on."

After Gu Qingyi finished speaking, Ma Lu pondered for a moment, then said, "There's nothing wrong with going home..."

Gu Qingyi's eyes widened. "I finally escaped and just investigated a case. How could I go back so soon?"

"The main thing is that the Jianghu is indeed very dangerous." Ma Lu said, "Last time in the ruined temple, didn't you almost die at the hands of Yan Wuji?"

In fact, the real reason was that it was heard that there were two more detectives from the Iron Armor Sect in Yuchang County, and the detective warrant in Gu Qingyi's hand that was issued by the fake detective was probably useless.

There is no need for Malu to team up with her.

However, Gu Qingyi patted his shoulder and said, "That's why we two have to join forces. My brain plus your martial arts, when we join forces, those villains in the martial arts world will not be our opponents."

Well, Gu Qingyi really thought he was Yuan Fang.

And without waiting for Malu to agree, the girl pulled him to sit down at the table, looked around, and then lowered her voice and spoke excitedly.

"Do you know that just three days ago, a shocking case happened in the city? This is a great opportunity for us to show our skills and become famous!"

"What big case?"

"That day was originally the day for the Beggars' Sect to elect a new leader. Fellow martial artists, several elders of the Beggars' Sect, and three candidates for leader were all there. But guess what? The Beggars' Sect's Lotus Bowl disappeared in full view of everyone!

"Lotus bowl, what is that?"

“It’s a small bowl with a hole missing. It’s not worth much in itself, but it was left by the founder of the Beggars’ Sect. It’s also a token of the successive leaders of the Beggars’ Sect.

“If we can’t find this thing, even if the Beggars’ Sect chooses a new leader, it will be a little unjustified and difficult to convince the people. So that day, it was already the last minute, and several Beggars’ Sect elders and the helmsman had already chosen someone to support, but in the end, they had to give up.

"The last three candidates agreed that whoever can find the lotus bowl first will become the new leader of the Beggars' Sect. Now the three of them and their supporters are frantically searching for the whereabouts of the small bowl.

"It's just that there aren't many clues at the moment. According to the law enforcement elder who previously kept the lotus bowl, he had just checked the lotus bowl in the morning, and the small bowl was still in the wooden box at that time. "But when he opened the wooden box at the ceremony, the lotus bowl was gone."

Gu Qingyi said excitedly, but Malu next to him showed no interest in the case.

Indeed, as Gu Qingyi said, this case was indeed very big and it could be said to have caused a sensation in the martial arts world, but it was just a theft case.

No one died, which meant there was no chance to touch the corpse.

However, seeing that Gu Qingyi was so excited, Malu couldn't refuse her in person, so he had to eat first. Fortunately, the pickled duck recommended by Han Guangzhong tasted really good.

Malu estimated that according to the rating of the recipe, it should be possible to get ★★. There must be some secret medicine added to it, otherwise it would not be sold at such an outrageous price of eight taels of silver per piece.

After dinner, Malu used the excuse that he did not have enough medicinal materials for his practice and went to Baicaomen’s medicine shop in Yuchang County.

He had on him the silver notes seized from Yan Wuji, which were worth seven hundred taels, and also some small change he had picked up along the way, which added up to another twenty-six or twenty-seven taels.

Malu took the money to the pharmacy, but ended up buying less than 50 kilograms of secret medicine.

Most of them are 1-star ingredients, and the only 2-star ones are red dogwood and honeysuckle for improving eyesight.

It’s not that Malu doesn’t want higher-star ingredients, it’s mainly because the secret medicine in this place is really expensive. The cheapest one above 2 stars costs one ingot of silver.

When Malu came in, he felt that he had a lot of money, but after asking the price, he became silent.

Han Guangzhong really didn't lie to him. Even the most common blood-producing dandelion cost one hundred coins.

As for the Qingyun lotus leaf that Malu wanted the most, it cost two hundred coins per penny. No wonder the owner of the cart of medicinal materials had to find a bodyguard to escort it, and hired a skilled bodyguard like Shen Zhou.

Even if Malu used all the money he had to buy blood-cooling dandelions, he could only buy 70 kilograms. Moreover, he wanted to buy some Qingyun lotus leaves. In the end, after careful selection, he barely managed to collect 40 kilograms of medicinal materials.

For martial artists who truly rely on secret medicines for their practice, this amount of medicinal materials is actually not a small amount. The pills refined into them are enough for a person to use for three to five years.

But I was planning to take the millipedes home to cook, so this amount isn’t enough.

No, I have to find a way to get some more money, otherwise this trip will be a huge loss.

After Malu went out, he casually threw the packets of medicinal herbs into the collection bag, and then thought about where he could get more money.

In fact, it is not difficult to make money in a single round. It is mainly troublesome because he needs it urgently and the amount is not small.

But he really found a way. Malu turned around and looked at Gu Qingyi again.

"By the way, you said before that you would wait for people from Zhengqi Academy in Yuchang County. Have their people arrived yet?"

Gu Qingyi nodded, "I'm here. I've handed Yan Wuji's widow and daughter over to them."

"Did you get the reward?"

"what?"

"Didn't the Zhengqi Academy offer a reward for Yan Wuji before?"

(End of this chapter)